Ningbo weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇳 China · major city break · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Ningbo is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 70/100), with April and May close behind. Ningbo averages about 1,423 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 89 mm of rain in October.

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Sun hours / year

1,423

Sunniest month

October

Peak score

70/100

Rain / year

1,443 mm

Midday UV at peak

8 (very high)

Population

3.7M

Elevation

Sea level

When is the best time to visit Ningbo?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Ningbo is October, then April and May. The dullest month is January (6/100, 75 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Ningbo?

Ningbo isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,423 hours of sunshine a year. 64 Sunshine Score points separate October (70) from January (6), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #184 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,110 hours. The year's 1,443 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Zhoushan China · 88 km · best in Oct · 1,483 h sun/yr
• Hangzhou China · 109 km · best in Oct · 1,344 h sun/yr
• Jiaxing China · 124 km · best in Oct · 1,344 h sun/yr
• Taizhou (Luqiao) China · 141 km · best in Oct · 1,504 h sun/yr
• Yiwu/Jinhua China · 148 km · best in Oct · 1,356 h sun/yr
• Shanghai (Pudong) China · 150 km · best in Oct · 1,596 h sun/yr

Head-to-head

How Ningbo compares month by month: Ningbo vs Hangzhou · Ningbo vs Yiwu/Jinhua · Ningbo vs Taizhou (Luqiao) · Ningbo vs Jiaxing · all comparisons